Shloka 25
अव्यक्त–प्रकृति–इन्द्रियविचारः
The Unmanifest, Prakṛtis, and the Sense-Complex
मृण्मये भाजने पक्वे यथा वै न श्यति द्रव: । तथा शरीरं तपसा तप्तं विषयमश्लुते
mṛṇmaye bhājane pakve yathā vai na śyati dravaḥ | tathā śarīraṃ tapasā taptaṃ viṣayam aśnute |
যেমন ভালোভাবে পোড়ানো মাটির পাত্রে রাখা তরল না চুঁইয়ে পড়ে, না নষ্ট হয়—তেমনি তপস্যায় ‘দগ্ধ’ সূক্ষ্ম শরীর দৃঢ় হয়ে ঊর্ধ্বলোক (ব্রহ্মলোক পর্যন্ত) এর বিষয়সমূহ ভোগ ও অনুভব করতে সক্ষম হয়।
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Tapas (disciplined austerity) ‘hardens’ and stabilizes the inner constitution—like firing a clay pot—so that one can bear and properly undergo experiences (even refined, higher-world enjoyments) without leakage, dissipation, or moral/spiritual spoilage.
Parāśara is instructing through an analogy: as a well-fired earthen vessel securely holds liquid, so a body refined by austerity becomes capable and steady, able to attain and experience objects of enjoyment in higher realms without being undone by them.